Word: farenthold
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Dates: during 1972-1972
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Posing as a legislative aide, Katz travelled to Texas in February, 1971, shortly after the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it was filing suit against Sharp Smith Mutscher and other state representatives. He quickly befriended Francis "Sissy" Farenthold runner up to I am Eagleton in the balloting for the Democratic Vice presidential nomination as well as Lane Denton Curtis Graves and other state representatives all members of the Dirty Thirty a group of "suicide" liberal legislators who set out to expose the quagmire of corruption upon which Texas politics is based...
...against all of this--and much more--that Farenthold and the Dirty Thirty had to take their stand. Katz analogizes them to the 200 men at the Alamo who held off ten thousand of Santa Anna's crack troops for over ten days. It is an apt metaphor, at least for those who view the mission's defenders as heroes, for in their defeat Farenthold and her comrades at least made the first significant attempt at reforming Texas politics in several decades...
...many ways it is amazing that the attempt even got off the ground. Farenthold had written a resolution to investigate the bribery charges but Speaker Mutscher controlled all the House committees. Any bill calling for a look at the dealings of Mutscher and his friends would surely be killed in committee. On March 15, 1971, rising on a little-known parliamentary tactic called "privilege of the House" whereby a member can call for immediate consideration of a bill to investigate matters that question the integrity of the House or its members. Farenthold asked to be recognized...
McGovern was also swayed by strong supporters among Democratic leaders, like Frances ("Sissy") Farenthold of Texas and Matthew Troy Jr. of New York, who said loudly that they could not vote for the ticket if Eagleton stayed on it. Few took the issue as lightly as Julian Bond of Georgia: "At least we know ours had treatment. What about theirs?" Chicago Mayor Richard Daley was compassionate. "All of us are sick sometimes," he said. "Many people become seriously ill, but they come back and carry on their activities very successfully and capably." The underlying, widespread worry was whether Eagleton would...
...running for Congress from California, wielded the gavel with muscle, tact and a winning smile. Delegates were careful to address her as "Madam Chairwoman," or, at least once, as "Madam Chairperson." Representative Shirley Chisholm of New York won a small but loyal following for her presidential candidacy. Frances ("Sissy") Farenthold, a Vassar-educated Texan who ran well for Governor earlier this year, was nominated for Vice President and came in second to Eagleton. On the convention's last night, Jean Westwood of Utah, a Mormon who served as one of McGovern's floor managers, was elected the first...